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Guerrieri Dominates David Hobbs 100 At Milwaukee

    Victor Garcia (22), Brandon Wagner (32), Duarte Ferreira (28) meet together at the wall exiting turn 4 at the Milwaukee Mile just prior to the green flag coming out for the Indy Lights David Hobbs 100. [John Wiedemann Photo]

WEST ALLIS, WI: The David Hobbs 100 for the Firestone Indy Lights got off to a rocky start at the Milwaukee Mile Sunday. Before the green flag was even thrown, the thirteen car starting field was five racers short as mechanical problems and a three car accident, set off when Victor Garcia and Brandon Wagner collided exiting turn four, decimated the field.

When the race finally began, pole winner Esteban Guerrieri of Argentina jumped into the lead with fellow front row starter Josef Newgarden in pursuit. USAC champion Bryan Clauson, after competing in yesterday’s Midget and Silver Crown events at the mile, slotted into a smooth fifth place, and appeared quite comfortable in only his second rear-engined start.

The eight cars that actually contested the event were able to run a relatively trouble-free 100 miles, with Clauson making the only move in the top five, passing Gustavo Yacaman for fourth place on lap 88.

The David Hobbs 100 was the first Indy Lights victory for Esteban Guerrieri, a former pole winner who scored runner-up finishes in the previous two events driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports. Guerrieri is the fourth different winner in the five Firestone Indy Lights races contested in 2011.

Firestone Indy Lights
David Hobbs 100
WEST ALLIS, Wis. – Results Sunday of the David Hobbs 100 Firestone Indy Lights Series event on the 1.015 mile Milwaukee Mile, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, laps completed and reason out (if any):

1. (1) Esteban Guerrieri, 100, Running
2. (2) Josef Newgarden, 100, Running
3. (7) Jorge Goncalvez, 100, Running
4. (3) Bryan Clauson, 100, Running
5. (4) Gustavo Yacaman, 100, Running
6. (9) Victor Carbone, 99, Running
7. (6) David Ostella, 99, Running
8. (8) Stefan Wilson, 95, Running
9. (5) Anders Krohn, 0, Mechanical
10. (10) Victor Garcia, 0, Contact
11. (11) Brandon Wagner, 0, Contact
12. (12) Duarte Ferreira, 0, Contact
13. (13) Peter Dempsey, 0, DNS

Race Statistics
Winners average speed: 130.236
Time of Race: 00:46:45.6824
Margin of victory: 5.5012 seconds
Cautions: 1 for 5 laps
Lead changes: 0
Lap Leaders: Guerrieri 1 – 100
Point Standings: Newgarden 191, Guerrieri 175, Wilson 145, V. Garcia 141, Goncalvez 125, Ostella 121, Dempsey 119, Krohn 116, Yacaman 111, Carbone 106

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